Editing Match Game (section)

==Merchandise==
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===Home games===
Several home game versions based on the 1960s and 1970s American television version were published by [[Milton Bradley Company|Milton Bradley]] from 1963 through 1978, in multiple editions.

====''The Match Game'' (1963–69)====
Starting in 1963, Milton Bradley made six editions of the NBC version. Each game contained crayons, wipe-off papers, 100 perforated cards with six questions per card, a plastic scoreboard tray with colored pegs and chips, and 6 "scribble boards". After the first edition, the vinyl scribble boards and crayons were replaced with six "magic slates" and wooden styli.

The main object of the game is for a contestant to try to write answers to questions that will match the answers of his or her partner. The rules for a six-contestant game are the same as on the TV show (with similar scoring, such as receiving points for matching two answers and more points for matching all three answers), but the home game also has variations for fewer than six contestants. No bonus game is included.

Milton Bradley also created a Fine Edition and a Collector's Edition with more questions. The magic slates came enclosed in a gold folder, plus a dial to keep score instead of the pegboard. The scoring and point values were just like the TV show. The only difference between the Fine Edition and the Collector's Edition is that instead of being packaged in a normal cardboard box, it came in a leatherette case with buttons on the front apron.

====''Match Game'' (1974–78)====
Starting in 1974, Milton Bradley created three more editions based on the most famous CBS version. Each edition contained a game board with a plastic stand, two game booklets (one with instructions) with material for 92 complete games (368 Main Game Questions and 92 audience match and head-to-head match questions), two magic slates and styli (only of the head-to-head match portion), and play money.

As in the 1970s version, two contestants have two chances to match as many of the six celebrities as possible. Celebrity answers are printed in the booklets, and after the contestant gives an answer, the M.C. reads the celebrity responses one by one, marking correct answers on the game board. A contestant can get up to six matches in one game. The contestant with the most matches plays the Super Match round (the MC reads the question and the responses) for a chance to win money (with an audience match and a head-to-head match similar to the TV show) of up to $5,000.

===Interactive online versions===
After much success with its online version of ''[[Family Feud]]'', Uproar.com released a single-contestant version of ''Match Game'' in 2001. However, as of September 30, 2006, the website has been temporarily shut down, no longer offering any game show-based games of any kind.

GSN offered a version called ''Match Game: Interactive'' on its own website that allowed users to play along with the show while watching. However, as of January 1, 2007, only those shows airing between 7:00{{nbsp}}pm and 10:00{{nbsp}}pm were interactive as ''Match Game'' itself was not one of them.

===Slot machine===
A five reels video slot machine based on the 1973–82 version was released at various US casinos by [[WMS Gaming]] in 2004. The game features caricatures of [[Jimmie Walker]], [[Brett Somers]], [[Charles Nelson Reilly]], [[Morgan Fairchild]] (even though she has never appeared on any incarnations of the show itself), [[Rip Taylor]] and [[Vicki Lawrence]] as the panel and [[Gene Rayburn]] as the host. The slot machine's bonus round stays faithful to the original game format where round one is adapted from the main game while round two features the Super Match bonus round.

===Home media===
A DVD set called ''The Best of Match Game'' featuring a collection of more than 30 episodes of the 1970s version including the original 1962 pilot episode (which was originally called ''The Match Game'') was released in 2006. An eight-episode collection, called "The Best of ''Match Game'': Dumb Dora Is So Dumb Edition!", was released later on in 2007 by BCI Eclipse Company LLC (under license from [[Fremantle (company)|FremantleMedia Enterprises]]), which contained 8 original episodes, uncut and unedited, and digitally restored, re-mastered and transferred from the original 2-inch videotape recording masters for optimum video quality.

In 2007, Endless Games released a DVD game featuring questions and clips from the 1970s version. Its gameplay was similar to that of the 1970s version; however, it allowed up to six contestants rather than two. Scoring for the game was also slightly different as well, as every match in round one was worth $50 each while in round two, every match was worth $100. Also, the Super Match round was played differently. The audience match portion was played after round one by the leading contestants, and the head-to-head match by the winning contestants, with a correct match doubling the winnings of the contestant's scores.